RUNDU – The National African Students Association (NASA) has criticised what it terms ‘exclusionary’ subsidised tertiary education funding by the government. In a press statement this week, NASA advocated for grade 11 learners to be considered for a degree under the subsidised funding system. The Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund (NSFAF) on Friday announced that...
Adolf Kaure Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare labelled the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro as a blatant violation of international law. He made these remarks during the signing of a book of condolences at the Venezuelan Embassy in Windhoek following the deaths of hundreds of Venezuelans during the aftermath of their president’s kidnapping. Ngurare called...
LAKE LIAMBEZI – Maize farmers around Lake Liambezi are facing mounting losses as African migratory locusts and fall armyworms continue to ravage crop fields, prompting urgent calls for faster and more effective government intervention, including aerial spraying. According to Roderick Maswabi, chief agricultural scientific officer in Zambezi, the 2025/26 farming season has already recorded three...
Namibia stands to immensely benefit from the proposed renewal of the United States’ continental trade pact, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which that country’s House of Representatives recommended should be extended to 2028. Following its overwhelming approval by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, the Bill now awaits further consideration and approval from...
The Roads Contractor Company (RCC) must now fend for itself rather than relying on perenial government bailouts, transport minister Veikko Nekundi has said. The outspoken minister was clear that the State-owned enterprise must become self-sustaining or it will face consequences. Addressing senior management yesterday, Nekundi questioned why RCC continues to rely on government bailouts despite...
Windhoek has been rocked by the deaths of two teenagers in separate incidents this week. Details remain unclear as what may have pushed one of the learners into taking her own life, but the inability to afford basic school stationery may have contributed to one of thetragedies. One case involves a 18-year-old daughter of a...
Despite reputational damage caused by the ongoing fraud and corruption saga in which millions were reportedly stolen at an industrial scale, Namcor’s interim MD Maureen Hinda-Mbuende says the entity remains of serious strategic importance. It is also central to the government’s upstream oil exploration efforts. Reflecting on the work done so far since taking office...
ONAMBUTU – Liberation struggle hero and former Swapo Party Elders’ Council secretary Kanana Hishoono died on Wednesday evening. Yesterday, New Era visited his home in Onambutu, in Ohangwena region where veterans of the liberation struggle, family members, and villagers gathered to pay their respects. Many described the late Hishoono as a true liberation struggle...
Namibia has just announced the results for learners who sat for the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Ordinary Level (NSSCO), commonly referred to as Grade 11, and the Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Advanced Subsidiary (NSSCAS), popularly known as Grade 12. This period is always emotionally charged, as thousands of young Namibians stand at the threshold of...
With elections done and dusted, at least for the next four or five years, the youth have sent a clear warning that empty promises and broken governance will no longer be tolerated. This generation has not refused to participate, but is the accumulated fury of a group long taken for granted, aware of the stakes...